Lufthansa Technik AG has developed a new method for significantly shortening the “Fitcheck” and has filed a patent application for significant elements of it. The “Virtual Fitcheck” will revolutionise today’s normal... Read more
Fastest Flying Vehicle
The Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 (Falcon HTV-2) aircraft is a wedge-shaped plane equipped with thrusters and aero-surfaces designed to provide control during hypersonic flight. Read more
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At the 59th Annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture in Oshkosh, Rockwell Collins unveiled the industry’s first touch-control primary flight display for business jets and turboprop aircraft. Read more
• MMRCA bids open, who will it be? On November 4, the Indian government opened the financial bids of the two European contenders – Dassault's Rafale from France and Eurofighter Typhoon from the EADS European (Germany, Spain, Britain and Italy) consortium for the mega deal of acquiring 126 medium multi role combat aircraft.
• Saab confirms Gripen not on shortlist Swedish aerospace major Saab AB has confirmed on its website that Gripen has not been shortlisted for the medium multi-role combat aircraft programme of the Indian Air Force. The IAF is buying 126 MMRCA in a deal worth over $10 billion.